First edition, first impression. xiv, 574pp, with occasional illustrations in text. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Dark blue endpapers. 8vo. Lightly toned on text block edges. Previous owner's name neatly inked on the front free endpaper else volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original illustrated dust wrapper, not price clipped, very slightly bumped along extreme edges in places. Dust wrapper now presented in an archival-quality Mylar wrapper which has been fitted without the use of tape or adhesives.
